Shloka 132

Devanagari script

इमं स्तवमधीयान: श्रद्धाभक्तिसमन्वित: । युज्येतात्मसुखक्षान्तिश्रीधृतिस्मृतिकीर्तिभि:

Transliteration

imaṃ stavam adhīyānaḥ śraddhā-bhakti-samanvitaḥ | yujyeta ātma-sukha-kṣānti-śrī-dhṛti-smṛti-kīrtibhiḥ ||

Translation

Bhīṣma nói: Ai học và tụng bài tán này với lòng tin và sự sùng kính sẽ được ban cho an lạc nội tâm, đức nhẫn nhục, phú quý, sự kiên định, trí nhớ và danh tiếng tốt đẹp.

Word by Word

• इमम्: this
• इमम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• स्तवम्: hymn/praise
• स्तवम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तव
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अधीयानः: reciting/studying
• अधीयानः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: अधि-इ (अधी)
• Form: Present (Vartamana), —, Singular, Masculine, Nominative, शतृ (present active participle)

• श्रद्धा: with faith
• श्रद्धा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रद्धा
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• भक्ति: with devotion
• भक्ति: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• समन्वितः: endowed (with)
• समन्वितः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-अन्वि-इ (समन्वि)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, क्त (past passive participle, used adjectivally)

• युज्येत: would be joined/attain
• Type: Verb
• Root: युज्
• Form: Potential/Optative (Vidhi-lin), Third, Singular, Atmanepada, Passive/impersonal sense

• आत्मसुख: with inner happiness
• आत्मसुख: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन् + सुख
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• क्षान्ति: with forbearance/forgiveness
• क्षान्ति: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षान्ति
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Plural

• श्री: with prosperity (Lakshmi)
• श्री: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Plural

• धृति: with steadfastness
• धृति: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: धृति
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Plural

• स्मृति: with memory
• स्मृति: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्मृति
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Plural

• कीर्ति: with fame
• कीर्ति: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कीर्ति
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Plural

• भिः: by/with (instrumental plural ending)
• भिः: Karana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भिस् (विभक्ति-प्रत्यय)
• Form: instrumental plural ending already included in the previous words; listed here only because it appears separated in the provided text

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• stava (hymn of praise; contextually the Viṣṇu-sahasranāma-stava)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Faithful, devoted recitation of a sacred hymn is presented as a dharmic discipline that cultivates inner virtues (contentment, patience, steadiness, memory) and also supports worldly well-being (prosperity and good reputation).

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhishma, instructing Yudhishthira in the Anushasana Parva, states the fruit (phalaśruti) of studying/reciting the hymn—assuring that the devotee becomes endowed with specific virtues and auspicious outcomes.